See also: ขด, ขัด, and ขูด

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC gjut|gjwot, “to dig”).[1] Cognate with Lao ຂຸດ (khut), ᦃᦳᧆ (ẋud), Shan ၶုတ်း (khút), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜄𑜫 (khut), Bouyei gud, Zhuang gud or goed or hud.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicขุด
kʰ u ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonkùt
Royal Institutekhut
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰut̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

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ขุด (kùt) (abstract noun การขุด)

  1. to dig; to excavate.

References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.